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NEW BEDFORD — Tuesday was a big day on the city's waterfront. A ribbon-cutting to celebrate the successful completion of three infrastructure improvement projects drew state and local officials to the State Pier at the same time as a two-day international conference designed to increase commerce through the port concluded at the Fairfield Inn's Waypoint Event Center.
"It's a nice synergy in that we are discussing trade opportunities at the summit while the renovations at the State Pier will support the import of commodities that's going to launch with our Mexmar service," said Harbor Development Commission executive director Kristin Decas. Read the complete story from The Standard-Times.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
